Qualcomm-powered humanoid robot collapses on stage like it was shot during live demo
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Facepalm: In what is yet more evidence that we shouldn't fear the prospect of a robot takeover, a humanoid machine running Qualcomm's hardware and boasting 700 TOPS of on-device AI processing collapsed like it had been shot during an on-stage tech demo. If that wasn't bad enough, it happened right next to a Qualcomm executive, who seemed almost to die from shock rather than embarrassment. The robot was then covered with what looked like a body bag and carried away in shame.
The incident occurred during Computex 2026, but it seems video of what happened has only recently surfaced online.
The 4NE1 Gen 3.5 robot is from Qualcomm hardware partner Neura Robotics. It's powered by Qualcomm's Dragonwing IQ10 robotics reference design (RRD) and offers 6 to 8 hours of runtime with hot-swappable batteries,...
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